Training Seminar The Professional Association of Research Managers and Administrators Improved Research Information and Decision Management for Strategic Advantage Dr Simon Chair ARMA The Association of Research Managers and Administrators Director of Research Services University of Kent

Training Seminar The Professional Association of Research Managers and Administrators Strategic Ambitions Strategic Advantage Decision Management Current Initiatives Outline Research Information

Training Seminar The Professional Association of Research Managers and Administrators Context RMAs manage and support research… Information (including about research outputs & projects) Pre-award [proposals] (inc OA costs) Post-award [projects] (inc APCs) Development / Planning Strategy / Policy (inc OA, RDM) Assessment (REF) / Governance Metrics (including citations, etc) Research Students Page 3

Training Seminar The Professional Association of Research Managers and Administrators Context Research Intensive University in the UK A European Presence A Worldwide network of strategic partners New UK Regional Grouping (Eastern ARC) Hundreds of research collaborations Page 4

Training Seminar The Professional Association of Research Managers and Administrators Strategic Advantage Research… Excellence External Funding & Esteem League Tables Attracting Staff Attracting Postgraduates Attracting Undergraduates Virtuous Circle... to achieve Strategic Ambitions Page 5

Training Seminar The Professional Association of Research Managers and Administrators Strategic Ambition Implies that You have a plan… with targets… and timescales You know who your competitors are You have a baseline of information about you and them You measure progress against the targets … … to see if you have levered an advantage Page 6

Training Seminar The Professional Association of Research Managers and Administrators Strategic Ambitions The university will increase the volume and intensity of world leading research across the whole of its disciplinary range A growing proportion of research activity will be interdisciplinary and involve partnerships with other research institutions The university will more deliberately seek ways to ensure that its research has beneficial impacts within its region and more widely All teaching will be supported by research activity; all students will have contact with the best researchers and their ideas and findings Page 7

Training Seminar The Professional Association of Research Managers and Administrators Measurable Objectives Page 8 1. Research grant income per HEFCE-funded member of staff in all subject areas will reach at least the average of our Peer Group 2. The numbers of research students, post-doctoral and research staff, and externally funded research fellows per HEFCE-funded member of staff will reach at least the average levels attained by our Peer Group in most subject areas 3. Citation rates per staff member will be comparable to those in our Peer Group across the University’s subject range

Training Seminar The Professional Association of Research Managers and Administrators Measurable Objectives Page 9 4. Research performance in disciplines newly established at the University and on the newer campuses at Medway, Brussels and Paris will demonstrate clear progress towards the overall research ambition 5. The University will, in the overall context of a research-led institution, increase the number of research areas where the University is recognized as class-leading. These are likely to include cross disciplinary and cross institutional collaborations.

Training Seminar The Professional Association of Research Managers and Administrators Measurable Objectives Page The University will continue to establish formal research partnerships and consortia with other universities and related organisations. These partnerships will increasingly drive the content and direction of the university's research, teaching and supervision. 7. The University will establish mechanisms that record the impact of its research both within and beyond academe and inform the further development of mechanisms at university, faculty and school levels that deliberately advance impact. It will develop and implement a strategy to support greater engagement with its research by relevant stakeholders and the wider public.

Training Seminar The Professional Association of Research Managers and Administrators Measurable Objectives Page 11 And Finally… 8. The University will upgrade its research management and administration systems and strengthen the use of research data including integration with research governance information, the achievement of open access targets, and development of research data holdings. Which of course is required to measure/achieve 1..7

Training Seminar The Professional Association of Research Managers and Administrators Research Information Need to know what information you want … … to know what data to collect. Your plan (or strategy) will identify this / your benchmarks Eg Kent Strategy implies…[Peer Group] Staffing [all] Projects (Proposals?) [1] PGRs, PDRAs, RFs [2] Publications & Citations [3] Partners [6] Impact [7] And all of the above [4, 5] Page 12

Training Seminar The Professional Association of Research Managers and Administrators Who should we support? (individuals, groups) Which partners should we work with? Which activities should we prioritise? Decision Management Page 13

Training Seminar The Professional Association of Research Managers and Administrators Current Initiatives CERIF CASRAI ORCID GtR, G4HE [Research Fish, ROS] Snowball Metrics Altmetrics, (  eg Public Engagement) REF RDM League tables K RIMSON Page 14

Training Seminar The Professional Association of Research Managers and Administrators ORCID (including Now nearly a year old, has >250,000 records 82 organisational members Page 15

Training Seminar The Professional Association of Research Managers and Administrators Gateway to Research GtR Beta: Gateway for Higher Education (G4HE) IRIOS-2 irios2.unis4ne-system.net GUEST/guest Page 16 RC SSC UNIS Sunderland ePrints Glasgow ePrints St Andrews PURE Filter Import Search View Collaborative research app development Maintain output types & relationships Reconcile finance & grant status info Query RMAS Query

Training Seminar The Professional Association of Research Managers and Administrators GtR

Training Seminar The Professional Association of Research Managers and Administrators G4HE

Training Seminar The Professional Association of Research Managers and Administrators Snowball Metrics INPUT METRICS Applications Volume Awards Volume PROCESS METRICS Income Volume Market Share OUTPUT METRICS Scholarly Output Citation Count h-index Field-Weighted Citation Impact Outputs in Top Percentiles Collaboration Page 19

Training Seminar The Professional Association of Research Managers and Administrators Example Snowball Metrics

Training Seminar The Professional Association of Research Managers and Administrators Alt Metrics Social Media Public Engagement Profile… Impact? Page 21

Training Seminar The Professional Association of Research Managers and Administrators Research Outputs Research EnvironmentResearch Impact 4*3*2*1*u/c *3*2*1*u/c %¹ 4*3*2*1*u/c %¹ 20%¹ REF  world leading 3  international excellence 2  internationally recognised 1  nationally recognised Unclassified – not research or nationally recognised Quality level4*3*2*1*u/c % of Research Activity Overall Profile for each Panel ¹ These weightings fixed for all UoAs Results will be used for funding from 2015/2016 quality profiles

Training Seminar The Professional Association of Research Managers and Administrators Research Data ‘Publication’ Usage (‘citation’) Support (eg DCC): C4D Page 23

Training Seminar The Professional Association of Research Managers and Administrators THE Methodology Page 24

Training Seminar The Professional Association of Research Managers and Administrators Citation Analysis

Training Seminar The Professional Association of Research Managers and Administrators K RIMSON Use the RMAS Procurement framework

Training Seminar The Professional Association of Research Managers and Administrators Strategic Ambition (eg increase league table position) Research Information (eg #citations [field weighted!]) Decision Management (eg promote Open Access) Build a system… eg K RIMSON Collect the RI to inform the DM to achieve the SA Simple! In Summary

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Training Seminar The Professional Association of Research Managers and Administrators (GUEST/guest) upd.pdf ranking/methodology K RIMSON -